Unripe grape
בֶּסֶרStrong’s H1155beser (be-ser)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beser is the Hebrew word usually translated “sour grape” and “unripe grape”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.”
Meaning
- Unripe or sour grapes
How it's translated
- sour grape 2
- and unripe grape 1
- the sour grape 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּסֶר beser · unripe grape
unripe or sour grapes Another spelling of bo.ser (בֹּ֫סֶר "unripe grape" H1155)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.